IndiGo plane's engine catches fire during takeoff at Delhi airport | WATCH

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A Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight 6E-2131 was grounded at the Delhi airport on Friday after one of the engines caught fire.

A video on Twitter showed one of the plane's engines on fire and sparks flying at the time of taxiing at the airport.

An aircraft operating flight 6E-2131 (Delhi-Bangalore) experienced a technical issue while on take-off roll, immediately after which the pilot aborted the takeoff and the aircraft returned to the bay. All passengers & crew are safe and an alternate aircraft is being arranged, IndiGo said.

The Bengaluru-bound A320 aircraft, which had 184 people on board, later returned to the bay. The people were safely deboarded, the sources said. 

The incident took place at around 10 pm. In a statement, IndiGo said the aircraft operating flight 6E2131 from Delhi to Bengaluru experienced an engine stall during take off roll.

"The take off was aborted and the aircraft safely returned to the bay. All passengers are being accommodated on an alternate aircraft," the statement said.

Delhi police officials said the control room at the airport received a call from the CISF control room regarding fire in engine of the IndiGo plane. The plane had 177 passengers and seven crew members. 

Later, passengers were safely deboarded, they added.

According to the sources, the pilot of a SpiceJet plane that was behind the IndiGo aircraft in the line up while taxiing alerted the Air Traffic Controller about the fire in the engine.

The A320 aircraft was taxiing and emergency was declared due to the suspected fire in one of the engines. The aircraft experienced an engine stall during take-off roll. There were more than 180 people on board, the source said.

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